graduate degrees
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botany and genetics

The American Council on Science and Health has funded a special report: Quackery and the Elderly written by James A. Lowell, PhD (NCAHF Vice-President) and Alison Lowell, MS. The report describes methods used to sell questionable products and regimens, identifies sources of unreliable health information, suspicious diagnostic tests, therapies, and products aimed at the elderly.

At that time, Dr. Lowell was a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud, Professor of Life Sciences at Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona; and an occasional columnist for The Arizona Daily Star.

A few years ago, a student arrived in one of my classes with her teeth and gums dyed bright green.
When I inquired about her strange oral hue, she said that her doctor had prescribed chlorophyll for her hereditary gum disease.

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Dr. Lowell has graduate degrees in botany and genetics.
This article is reprinted from the May 1987 issue of Nutrition Forum.
At the time the article was published Dr. Lowell was Professor of Life Sciences at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona and vice-president of the National Council Against Health Fraud.